The kit is the Eastern Express BT-7A from Eastern Express, and pain of a kit to build. The main faults are it is missing a few pieces, like the rear facing turret MG barrel, and improper exhaust pipes...even ot a non-bolt counter, I had to change the layout to look more authentic. Also, the front suspension, for the idler, is all guesswork unless you have good references...a sad state of affairs all around for a kit I bought on sale for $20...yeesh.
I finished the kit in Polly S acyrlics, with some pastel weathering. I used the boxtop artwork as reference for the paint scheme, rather attractive I thought.
The kit is not yet finished enough for my taste, and yes, I know the front headlights are missing...some BT-7's had them missing. I will probably add the healights and do a bit more weathering to the vehicle as I eventually plan to put it in a diorama rather than leave it stand-alone.
I figure that the reason it is still a "live" BT-7A and not a derilict is that the extra week I took to build it represents the extra week of life for this tank, coming from some remote location.
And if it does not actually qualify for the group build, it is done, it took me three real weeks of work and about 15hrs of actual work.
By the bye, I was busy finishing up models for a competition last weekend, so I took a break from the internet.
